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Aspidiphorus orliculatus (one), Onlkophagus fracticornis, Maltkodes guttifer, M. 

 mt/sticus ?, Malachites viridis, Hydrooyphon deflexicollis, Clytus arietis, C. mytticus, 

 Pachyta cerambyciformis (common), Telrops prsemta, Phytacia cylindrica (1), 

 Clythra 4-maculala, Chrysomela gxttingensis, Cassida murrxa, Anaspis geoffroyi, 

 A. cosfx, Apoderus coryli, Barypeithes sulcifrons, Limobius dissimilis (1), Tychiux 

 tibialis, T. pygmxus, Sibinia primita, Orobitis cyaneus, Ceuthorrhynchidius mela- 

 narius, and Balaniuus villosus. 



For a fortnight in July I was at Bovey Tracey. Notiophilus rufipes, Och- 

 thebius rufimarginatus, Homalota autumnalis, Lathrobium angustatum, and Larinus 

 carlinx occurred here also, in addition to Elaphrus uliginosus, Stomis pumicatus, 

 Philydrus melanocephalus, Aleochara mcerens (one in a scrap of fungus on a very 

 exposed hedge well up on the moor), Leptusa analis, Quedius scintillans, Catops 

 sericatus, Helocerus claviger, Ptinus sexpunctatus (one on my bed!), Salpingus 

 xratus, Polydrusus conjluens, and one Pentarthrum huttoni found in the window. 



A single Poophagus nasturtii was the best capture during a day's visit to 



MORETONIIAMPSTEAD. 



On leaving Christow at the end of August we went for a month to a farm near 

 Ugboro' Beacon, but what little collecting season there had been was now quite 

 over. Of the few species obtained the best weve—Gyrinus colymbus (1), Hydrxna 

 riparia (1), Quedius auricomus, Dianous ccerulescens, and Stenus guynemeri from 

 the brooks; Omosita depressa, Quedius puncticollis (1), and Philonthus proximus 

 (1) from carrion ; one Leptinus testaceus among dead leaves ; one Bythinus curtisi 

 in moss ; Hypera pollux by sweeping ; and half a dozen Pentarthrum out of a damp 

 cupboard in our sitting room. 



Several Hydrxna gracilis and two Limnius troglodytes from the River Erme, 

 and Ischnoglossa prolixa under oak bark, were taken at Ivybridge. 



A couple of flying visits to Dawlish during the summer gave several Sibinia 

 sodalis, one S.potentillse, four each of S. arena ric and 6'. primita, several Salpingus 

 xratus, and one Homalota mortuorum, all swept off Armeria vulgaris (Thrift) ; 

 three Ceuthorrhynchus melanoslictus off Lycopus. 



[Note. -Of these seven species of Hydrxna— testacea, nigrita and pygmsea 

 were very scarce indeed ; riparia and longior fairly frequent ; gracilis and atricapilla 

 in the greatest abundance. Though a few longior were about in April and May, 

 they were much more in evidence in August, a remark which applies also to gracilis 

 in a duly comparative way ; atricapilla was equally abundant first as last, but 

 with this, as well as the other species, there was a very considerable falling off in 

 numbers during the latter end of June and July. Excepting in July, Limnius 

 troglodytes, too, was exceedingly common throughout. Henicocerus swarmed in 

 May and then gradually fell off, till by August there was scarcely one to be seen. 

 Practically the same as most of the Hydrxnx is Hydrochus nitidicollis in having 

 two " periods," May and end of August or later, in which it is more frequent ; at 

 the time of my leaving Christow it was still on the upward grade. I took about 25 

 of this species altogether]. 



My best thanks are again due to Mr. E. A. Newbery for the valuable help he 

 has given me in identifying the more critical species.— Philip de la Gaude, " The 

 Beeches," Kingsbridge, South Devon : November \lth, 1907. 



